Bible: Deuteronomy 6:20-25

Exhortation to Remember the Past

6:20Whenyour children1askyou lateron, “Whatare the stipulations, statutes, and ordinancesthatthe Lordour Godcommandedyou?”6:21you must sayto them,2 “We were Pharaoh’sslavesin Egypt, but the Lordbrought us outof Egyptin a powerfulway.36:22And he4 brought signsand great, devastatingwondersonEgypt, on Pharaoh, and on his wholefamily5before our very eyes.6:23He deliveredus from thereso thathe could giveus the landhe hadpromisedour ancestors.6:24The Lordcommandedusto obeyallthesestatutesand to reverehim6 so thatit may alwaysgo wellfor us and he may preserveus, as he has to thisday.6:25We will beinnocentifwe carefullykeepallthese commandments7beforethe Lordour God, justas he demands.”8